Posted on 03/31/2010 2:45:24 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Discovery for launch on April 5 on one of its final cargo runs to the International Space Station before the fleet is retired later this year.
Liftoff of the spaceship and seven astronauts is targeted for 6:21 a.m. EDT (1021 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The shuttle will be carrying a cargo pod filled with science racks and equipment for the space station, which is nearing completion after more than a decade of construction 220 miles (350 km) above Earth.
NASA has four flights remaining to finish outfitting the station, a $100 billion project of 16 nations.
The U.S. space agency has contracted with commercial launch service providers Space Exploration Technologies of California and Orbital Sciences Corp of Virginia to deliver cargo to the station as early as next year.
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Ping
another monkey crap mission
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the ISS is worthless
I thought these were already over? Guess not.
Shuttle launch on Monday. Is KD going to post the live thread?
In the mean time, here is a cool video you can watch.
*** http://www.youtube.com/v/gdAmEEAiJWo&hl ***
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